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Jump to full article: U-Wire, 2009-04-13
Author: Nick DeMoss Source: Arkansas Traveler, U. Arkansas
Intro: A 62-cent a pack increase on cigarette taxes has some University of Arkansas students struggling to keep up with their addiction.
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"It's just too much. I can't pay for it because I don't have a job," sophomore Mallory Scheurer said. "Right now, I'm just bumming, and it's bad."
Borrowing cigarettes from other students is an increasing phenomenon on campus, freshman Tory Cottingham said.
Cottingham spends about $40 a month on cigarettes, smoking about a pack a week. Though he hasn't had trouble buying cigarettes, he has had to make compromises.
"I've had to move down to cheaper, grosser cigarettes,"
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